Name : ID : Course : Introduction to Psychology Section : A Date : Submitted to : INTRODUCTION: Insomnia Sleep disorder - insomnia; learned insomnia; chronic insomnia; Primary insomnia Insomnia is trouble falling asleep or staying asleep through the night. Episodes may come and go (episodic)‚ last up to 3 weeks (short-term)‚ or be long-lasting (chronic). Why is this topic selected? Current status? Most adults have experienced insomnia or sleeplessness at one time or another
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at work and still get things done?” Sleep. It is probably safe to say that this is one of the most important aspects of an organism’s life. Sleep allows living things to rest and store energy that will be needed once they awake. If you think about it‚ sleep does have some serious evolutionary disadvantages. When asleep‚ you are vulnerable to predation and sudden changes in the environment. Studies have shown that birds and other mammals can sleep with one eye open and one half of their brain
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Introduction Healthcare professionals have employed many techniques to tackle the ever-growing problem of insomnia that many patients are suffering from. Treatments include: sleep hygiene changes‚ cognitive belief rehabilitation‚ medication therapy‚ and behavioral modification techniques. There are positives and negatives to all treatments for insomnia and hope for a brighter future for those still suffering. Definition Insomnia is the inability to fall or stay asleep. Sometimes this can be caused
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Alice Park‚ she states that last year the National Sleep Foundation reported that nearly 60% of 7-12 year-olds said they felt tired during the day‚ and 15% nodded off at school. Kid’s now are not getting as much sleep as they should be getting a good education. For kids to do well in school the article states that for the most school-age children‚ 10 ½ hours of sleep is ideal. A lot of parents and kids think that the right amount of time to sleep for a child is 7 to 8 hours. There are many
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schools start and at the end of day should be over at a certain time. They should let high schoolers start school late probably around 9:00 or 10:00 so we can get enough sleep. We deserve all the sleep we can have but we don’t get all the sleep. There is only one high school within a hundred miles radius. They should let teenagers sleep later typically means and early start for elementary and set off cascade adjustment. All teachers have a different schedule time than other teachers do but the teachers
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Overcome Insomnia Many individuals are in good company with a very common sleep disorder called insomnia. Insomnia is a sleep disorder that prevents a person to get the right amount of sleep they need to be able to wake up feeling well rested and refreshed. The causes of this sleep disorder vary from person to person. There are many different ways to overcome this disorder. Although insomnia can be cured with the use of sleep specialists‚ prescriptions‚ and over-the-counter drugs‚ it can also be cured
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School start times need to start later Student are sleep deprived and some get no time because they slept in on accident. Some schools start at any where from 7:00 to 7:30‚ while other schools start anywhere around 8:00 to 9:00. For example‚ a school in Indiana starts at 7:30 and ends at 3:45. In in complete honesty‚ schooldays should start later. Students could get more sleep if school started later. For example‚ British sleep scientists argue that school school shouldn’t start until at least
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July 4‚ 2010 Sleep is a basic function that is one of the most natural and primitive actions that the body performs. But why? Sleep is not learned behavior. Sleep is an instinct with which we are born. The body is refreshed after sleeping. It is believed that sleep makes the body healthier by improving the immune system‚ repairing the body‚ and resetting the inner “database.” Researchers have conducted numerous experiments on the need for sleep‚ the effects on the body when sleep is missed‚ and
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comfortably and have a good night’s sleep‚ even for students who live farther away. According to an article written by Finley Edwards‚ “Do Schools Begin too Early?”‚ school starting times greatly affects the student’s overall performance and mental health. Edwards stated she found that “delaying school start times by one hour‚ from roughly 7:30 to 8:30‚ increases standardized test scores by at
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on the bed with eyelids shut‚ thinking about your day‚ your work‚ or your life. You roll around to find the perfect sleeping position. However‚ sleep will not come so you reach into the medication cabinet for a sleeping pill. A few minutes later‚ you slip into a restful sleep. There are nearly nine million people like you‚ who resort to the use of sleep medication‚ to fall asleep. On the surface‚ the sleeping pill may seem like the perfect cure for insomnia or any other types of sleeping disorder
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